Insider Transactions (SEC Forms 3, 4, 5)

InfoTrie's insider transactions dataset types every line of the SEC's Forms 3 (initial holdings), 4 (changes) and 5 (annual), and their amendments, as filed by US issuers' directors, officers and 10% owners: who reported, their role, the transaction code, shares, price, what they held afterwards and how. Each line is dated by the day EDGAR accepted the filing and, when known, the instant, so a query can return only what was public at a given time.

Status: In rollout — available on request

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Key facts

Forms	SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, and their amendments
Grain	One row per filing, reporting owner and line (transaction or holding)
Lines	Transactions and holdings, derivative (options, warrants, RSUs, convertibles) and non-derivative
Point in time	Dated by the filing's acceptance day, and instant when known; query as of a day or an instant
Filters	Issuer (ISIN or symbol), reporting owner (CIK), filing window, transaction codes, transactions or holdings, derivative or not
Update frequency	Every US federal business day
Delivery	REST API and MCP tool (rollout), InfoTrie console datasets; Enterprise and Bespoke plans

Sources

SEC EDGAR (Forms 3, 4 and 5)

Data dictionary

Field	Type	Description
`isin_key / issuer_name / issuer_symbol`	string	The issuer
`accession / form_type`	string	The filing and its form (3, 4, 5, or an amendment such as 4/A)
`filed_date / released_at`	date / timestamp	The day EDGAR accepted the filing, and the instant when known (UTC)
`period_of_report`	date	The period the filing reports on
`owner_id / owner_name`	string	The reporting owner's SEC CIK and name, as filed
`is_director / is_officer / is_ten_pct_owner / officer_title`	boolean / string	The reporting owner's relationship to the issuer
`line_ref / record_type / is_derivative`	string / string / boolean	The line in the filing, transaction or holding, and whether it is a derivative
`security_title`	string	The security, as filed
`transaction_date / transaction_code`	date / string	Date and SEC code of the transaction (P purchase, S sale, A grant, M exercise, F tax withholding, G gift…)
`shares / price / acquired_disposed`	number / number / string	Shares, price per share, acquired (A) or disposed (D)
`shares_after / direct_indirect`	number / string	What the owner held after the transaction, directly or indirectly
`conversion_price / exercise_date / expiration_date / underlying_title / underlying_shares`	mixed	Terms of a derivative line
`footnotes`	string	The filing's footnote references

Use cases

Insider buying and selling signals. Track open-market purchases and sales by directors and officers, issuer by issuer.
Event studies without look-ahead. Read only the filings public at each point in time.
Governance and compliance. Follow an executive's holdings and grants across the issuers they report on.

Delivery

REST API (rollout): lines by issuer, owner, window, code and type, as of a day or instant, JSON, with an API key
MCP tool (rollout): insider_transactions, read-only
InfoTrie console: the dataset's quality status and its rows
On the Enterprise and Bespoke plans

Frequently asked questions

How is an amendment handled?

An amendment (4/A) is its own filing, dated by its own filing day, served beside the original: nothing is overwritten.

Does the dataset contain personal data?

Yes: reporting owners are often natural persons (directors, officers), named as they filed with the SEC.

How do I credit the source?

Name SEC EDGAR as the source; each row carries its source's name.